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Government,
Criminal

Jul. 3, 2019

Bill to apply consumer protection laws to bail industry passes key committee

Saying he wants to regulate the industry “as long as they continue to exist,” Sen. Robert Hertzberg, D-Van Nuys, convinced a key Assembly Committee on Tuesday to advance his bill to apply state consumer protection laws to bail and immigration bond businesses.

Saying he wants to regulate the industry “as long as they continue to exist,” Sen. Robert Hertzberg, D-Van Nuys, convinced a key Assembly Committee on Tuesday to advance his bill to apply state consumer protection laws to bail and immigration bond businesses.

The line was a reference to a bill Hertzberg got signed last year: SB 10, phasing out bail in California. That law is on hold, however, pending a 2020 referendum put on the b...

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